WOMEN
The State University of New York at New Paltz women’s swimming team was pushed to its limits on Saturday afternoon, edging SUNY Oneonta, 110-95, in a dual meet.
New Paltz won five individual events and posted just three second-place individual finishes, as Oneonta provided both top-end talent and depth to challenge the Hawks throughout.
New Paltz moves to 6-2 overall and competes at the Skidmore Sprint Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. in its final tune-up before the 2014 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Swimming & Diving Championships. Oneonta drops to 5-2 overall and next competes as a full team on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. against SUNY Cortland.
Senior Chelsea Allocco (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) and sophomore Cassidy Griger (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central) each captured a pair of individual events. Allocco paced the field in the 1,000 freestyle (10:56.85) and the 500 freestyle (5:19.09), while Griger posted the top standard in the 200 freestyle (2:00.16) and the 100 freestyle (54.72). Junior Samantha Granan (Hyde Park, N.Y./Franklin D. Roosevelt) also contributed toward the Hawks’ cause with a first-place finish in the 200 individual medley (2:17.68).
The Hawks avenged a runner-up finish in the 400 medley relay by winning the 400 freestyle relay at the end of the meet. Sophomore Ella Graffin (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca), Allocco, junior Kat Buyes (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./John Jay) and senior Victoria Scalise (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) combined for a winning time of 3:45.70.
Second-place performances came from Scalise in the 50 freestyle (25.85), sophomore Kim Kallansrude (Muttontown, N.Y./Jericho) in the 200 butterfly (2:19.59) and Granan in the 200 breaststroke (2:33.67).
MEN
Competing in its second dual meet in as many days, the State University of New York at New Paltz men’s swimming team was unable to complete the weekend sweep, falling by a 113-87 final to SUNY Oneonta on Saturday after having beaten Mount Saint Mary College on Friday evening.
Senior Matt Distler (Glens Falls, N.Y./Glens Falls) was a double-event winner for the Hawks, touching first in the 50 freestyle (22.77) and the 100 freestyle (49.70).
New Paltz drops to 2-6 overall and competes at the Vassar Sprint Invitational on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 1 p.m. in its final tune-up before the 2014 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Swimming & Diving Championships. Oneonta moves to 5-2 overall and next competes as a full team on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. against SUNY Cortland.
Sophomore Ryan Lindgren (Hurley, N.Y./Kingston) also captured an individual event, pacing the field in the 200 breaststroke (2:26.30).
New Paltz scored first-place points in the 400 freestyle relay despite finishing second because Oneonta entered its relays as exhibition in the final event. Sophomore Rod Taskindoust (New City, N.Y./Clarkstown North), sophomore Ethan Cooke (Middletown, Conn./Middletown), freshman Andrew Grant (Akron, N.Y./Akron) and Distler combined for a time of 3:22.98.
Second-place performances came from junior Jack Spader (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck) in the 1,000 freestyle (10:40.01) and Taskindoust in the 200 freestyle (1:53.24).
This release was provided to SwimSwam courtesy of New Paltz swimming.